Journeys
Two days in Rome, a morning in Pompeii, then three on the coast.
The Amalfi Coast looks easy in photographs and is hard to do well. The road is narrow, the buses are crowded in summer and the ferries run only part of the year. We route this journey around those facts, so you arrive by boat where you can and by road where you must, and never sit in a traffic jam at the cliff's edge.
We start in Rome because the contrast is the point: two days in the city that built an empire, a morning in the one that an eruption froze, and then three days on a coast where nothing has been built for the sake of anyone but the people who live there.
Day 1
Check in near the centre, then walk up to the Gianicolo for golden hour and down to Trastevere for a welcome dinner.
Day 2
Early entry to the Forum, Palatine and Colosseum with our archaeologist guide. The afternoon is free for the Pantheon, Piazza Navona and a long lunch.
Day 3
A morning high-speed train from Rome to Naples, about an hour and ten minutes. We go on to Pompeii, about 35 minutes by the Circumvesuviana line, for a guided visit, then continue to Sorrento for the night.
Day 4
A morning ferry from Sorrento to Positano, with time to wander its stepped lanes, then another along the coast to Amalfi. We stay the night in a small hotel above the water.
Day 5
A guided walk high above the sea along the old mule paths, with an easier, shorter option for those who prefer it. The afternoon is free to swim or sit.
Day 6
A morning ferry to Salerno, then a high-speed train north, or on to the airport as you need. We book it all and send a card with the timings.
Your hotel in central Rome, Day 1 at 17:00
Hotel details sent on bookingWe send the hotel address, a welcome letter and the full day-by-day timings three weeks before you travel.
Open in mapsThe ferries between Salerno, Amalfi, Positano and Sorrento run only in that season, and many seaside hotels close outside it. We would rather run it well for seven months than badly for twelve.
It is a mountain path with steps and drops, about three hours. We offer a shorter, flatter walk the same morning for anyone who prefers it, and guests often split between the two.
Yes, as an extra day in the high season. Tell us when you enquire and we will quote the changes.
Journeys
from€3,150per personTwo nights in Rome, two in Florence and two in Venice, with high-speed trains, small-group guiding and plenty of unplanned afternoons.
Journeys
from€4,680per personThree nights in Rome, two in Naples with Pompeii, two in Florence and two in Venice. Fly into Rome and out of Venice, with a guide the whole way.
